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Visitors will arrive for pre-booked time slots, meaning the doors won’t open unexpectedly and allow a cat into the busy street - and all the animals are free to wander downstairs if they need some alone time.

Tracey promised a “new, funky and fun place to be.

She told Glasgow Live: “I can just envisage my cats stretching out, and having what they have at home - but bigger.

“The cats are rescues and some of them have had really terrible stories - but everything and everyone has a future and that’s what I want to do with this place.”

For Tracey, the important thing has always been to settle the cats in first, before an opening date can be set.

She added: “I’m in no hurry to push them. Once they’re happy, settled in and stretched out, then we’ll set a date.”

Cat cafe's have become increasingly popular (Image: EPA/REX/Shutterstock)

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But at last, the Purrple Cat Cafe has a provisional opening date of December 28, following a launch event the night before for platinum members already signed up with the cafe.

Tracey added the booking diary will open in the next week, depending on how the cats are getting on - in a newsletter to followers, she said: “This date is not set in stone, and very much dependant on the cats and how quickly they adjust to the ground level of the cafe, which is noisier and more stimulating than the cosy low ceiling environment of the basement.

“As always, we humans make our plans and the cats decide if our plans are allowed to go ahead or not!”

So there you have it, cat fans - watch this space because Glasgow’s first cat cafe looks set to open before the year is up.